Here I am, eleven days post op and I feel really good. I am through with the pain meds, just taking a couple of rapid release Tylenol when the throbbing starts. But to be honest, this whole thing was much easier than I expected. Hopefully that'll be encouraging for anyone preparing to go through the same thing. As a Mom of three kids, I tend to compare my pain to childbirth. This was no where near as painful as that.

Now that I am feeling good, I am starting to think about the fact that I am going to be having this all done again to rebuild my jawbone. The good Doc said that he'd like to wait 9-12 months before he does this. I am hoping to hold off for the full 12 months because the winter timing is better for us (hubby works construction and can be around to pamper me more in the winter). But I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't dreading it. Even though this was not so awful, I still hate to repeat the experience. I have decided that I'll just put this out of my mind for now, no sense thinking about it for a whole year.

On another note: I had my first meeting with the reporter that is going to do the oral cancer story in my local paper. I have referred her to this site for research and facts. I hope it does some good. I do think the timing of the article will be good because she will be running it a couple of weeks before the June walk in Chicago. I will be participating in the walk, hopefully it'll generate some dollars for OCF.

Hope everybody is well.

Amy